From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 6664 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at befuddled; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:15:58 EDT Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (wb2flw.octothorp.org [IPv6:2001:470:80ee:0:215:c5ff:fe06:ab40]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A3431EF6E0 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:15:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (wb2flw.octothorp.org [IPv6:::1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r2TGFodY015605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:15:50 GMT Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id r2TGFo43015600 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:15:50 -0600 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:15:50 -0600 (MDT) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1 303 722 7209" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 In-Reply-To: <5155AC98.80000@verizon.net> Message-ID: References: <963B334B-76C6-494B-B10E-2EEC4631AE1C@gmail.com> <51556090.1040601@baechler.net> <3fb1fb569c54fd8aa7873fa5710d0851@mail.gmail.com> <9E19FD20D2924B07AADB5041AC590F2B@your2c061f0461> <5155AEB1.1060908@baechler.net> <5155AC98.80000@verizon.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LFD 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:16:02 -0000 What they said, in essence, was that they weren't interested in turning on Speakup until it was out of staging . I was rather rudely encouraged to get with upstream and make it happen. -- Bill in Denver On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Al Sten-Clanton wrote: > Hi, Bill. > > You probably told me, but what, if anything, was the so-called reasoning > given to you for Fedora's attitude? I'd think that an outfit priding itself > on being in the vanguard of free software development, as Fedora seems to, > would at least be willing to consider being in the vanguard of accessibility. > > Al > > On 03/29/2013 10:24 AM, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1 303 722 7209 wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Sadly, I must concur with all that has been said here, at least >> the negative stuff. I couldn't get them to turn Speakup on in the Fedora >> kernel, even though the modules are right there in staging. Happily, >> there's an organization called RPM Fusion. They provide add on modules >> for Fedora that the Fedora project won't include. They were happy to >> build the Speakup modules for their staging package. I build Fedora 18 >> with the stuff from RPM Fusion and can make it available to anyone who >> wants it. Installation would require a kickstart script, or the dreaded >> sighted assistance. I know that this doesn't help with RHEL, but since >> Fedora was mentioned, I thought I'd chime in. >> >> Hope this helps someone. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >